ICE takes custody of Dunwoody High junior after traffic stop

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody High School junior Axel Gerardo Archaga Rios is in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after he was arrested March 27 by Dunwoody police for failing to stop at a stop sign and driving without a license. 

Rios, 17, has few options to avoid deportation because he has a final order of removal that was issued in 2015.

His attorney, Alexandros Cornejo, said Rios came to the country when he was 5 years old and that he missed important court dates because his mother had to leave her partner because of domestic violence. He has no ability to appeal. Cornejo called it “a very difficult case.”…

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